Help needed

**Urielnam** · 03-06-2005

4 i need help in... (thou they might sound a little newbish)
1) i have changed the defenitions so that each time i open linux (mandrakelinux that is...) i dont go to graphic mode...
how do i change it back?
2) i need hand to hand help with installing a ECI USB ADSL B-FOCuS 150 modem using PPPoA in a company not exsisting in the mandrakelinux list (Bezeq isreal.)
3) i cannot copy rpm files from floppy disks...
4) i used a Inno3D GeForceFX5200 128MB graphic card and i cannot use it with linux on the computer (i get a colorfull show at the startup phase of the computer)
i have full acsses to internet from my computer windows operating system (ME edition)

**dylunio** · 03-06-2005

1) once you start up you should be able to type

Code:

startx

to start the GUI.

To get it always to boot into GUI, you must edit this line in your /etc/inittab:

Code:

id&#58;3&#58;initdefault&#58;

, and change it to

Code:

id&#58;5&#58;initdefault&#58;

you can use a commadn line editor for this,

Code:

su
&#91;rootpass&#93;
pico /etc/inittab

now edit the 3 to a 5, then save with Ctrl+O.

2) I'm not sure about htis one, but you might want to heck out http://eciadsl.flashtux.org/modems.php?modem=1

3) what errors do you get when you try and do this?

In the command line can you:

Code:

cp /media/floppy/file.rpm /home/Urielnam/

?

4) Sorry I don't know abou this one.

dylunio

**Urielnam** · 03-06-2005

1) that did help....
2)i tried and when i try to install the pakage i get a messege (in the konsole) that says that 4 files needed for the operation are not available
i checked and they r not even on my system

3)shouldnt it be

Code:

cp /mnt/floppy/file.rpm /home/urielnam/

?
4) this one is really problematic...

**lakerdonald** · 03-06-2005

On some systems it will be /media and on some it will be /mnt

**lakerdonald** · 03-06-2005

as for 4), are you using XFree or Xorg?

**dylunio** · 03-06-2005

Urielnam, what packages is 3) asking for? I'm sure you can find them to install at www.rpmfind.net.

dylunio

**Urielnam** · 03-07-2005

Originally Posted by lakerdonald

On some systems it will be /media and on some it will be /mnt

mine is /mnt/
and by the way i ma having some problems with my
win partitions
my linux says i have win_c and win_d
but i deleated those and chaged it to win_c only

Originally Posted by lakerdonald

as for 4), are you using XFree or Xorg?

i have no clue.... how can i check it?

Originally Posted by dylunio

Urielnam, what packages is 3) asking for? I'm sure you can find them to install at www.rpmfind.net.

that might just might help as soon as i get the other problems fixed
(data transsfering from win to linux)
[/quote]

**Flatline** · 03-07-2005

You can check to see whether it's xorg by going into the /etc/X11 directory. If there's an xorg.conf file in there, you're using xorg.

For package installations, this site is always a big help for Mandrake:

http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/

I always recommend installing packages with urpmi in Mandrake instead of the regular rpm commands, since it resolves dependency issues for you.

**Urielnam** · 03-07-2005

i'm using xorg

about the urpmi...
i have to download their program to linux
but i cant cuz i dont have an internt acsses from linux
i dont have internet acsses from linux cuz i cant install my modem
i cant install my modem cuz i cant open the packeges

**lakerdonald** · 03-07-2005

urpmi should have come with mandrake by default, as it's the package management command.

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